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The future music director led brisk performances including new work by Julia Adolphe
Anna Netrebko conquered all in an otherwise awkward production of Puccini’s opera
The Met revives its lavish, hyper-conventional staging of Verdi’s opera
A listless production of Rossini’s opera was interrupted by a safety scare
The Venezuelans got the season off to a storming start with Ravel, Stravinsky, hoedowns and mambos
Simon Keenlyside provided telling phraseology, nimble wit and endlessly clever touches of character delineation
Mariusz Treliński’s production of Wagner’s opera is clumsy, but musical standards are high
A curious double bill from the nomadic opera company
Louis Langrée conducted this satisfying programme of works left incomplete by the composer
A splendid, festive performance of Mozart’s opera from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
The first night of this year’s festival featured some impressive names
There is much to admire in this quasi-Kunqu opera . . . but not much to love
Tricky pieces by two US composers prompted virtuoso performances on trombone and percussion
A programme celebrating the composer György Ligeti was ambitious but disjointed
James Levine, Evgeny Kissin and the ensemble rose to the challenge of three demanding Russian pieces
Soprano Angela Meade was the star of this intimate concert performance of Donizetti’s opera
City Opera’s attempt at a modest comeback struggles to fulfil its potential
The orchestra played brilliantly for James Levine. The rest of the evening was less inspiring
Marin Alsop conducted with insight and passion, though the orchestra sounded ragged on occasion
A recreation of Patrice Chéreau’s brilliant staging, topped off by a powerful performance from Nina Stemme
A promising programme turned out to be less than revelatory
Soprano’s performance was the highlight of an otherwise unexceptional production of Donizetti’s opera
Louis Andriessen’s quasi-opera is an orchestral onslaught staged with visual invention
Conductor Alan Gilbert strained to achieve coherence from three disparate composers
The Italian tenor brought distinction to an otherwise drab production of Donizetti’s opera
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